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title: "CVE-2009-3379\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-3379

Publication date 29 October 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in libvorbis, as used in Mozilla
Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.4, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown
vectors. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2009-2663.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3379?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |
| xulrunner-1.9.1 | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 1.9.1.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 1.9.1.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

libvorbis: need to also fix a second regression for CVE-2008-1420

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3379)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3379)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-3379)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3379)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-861-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-861-1)
+ libvorbis vulnerabilities
+ 24 November 2009

### Other references

* <http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-63.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3379>